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The Board of Visitors of the University of Virginia met on this date at 10:00 A. M. in the
Office of the Chancellor of Mary Washington College, at Fredericksburg, with the following present:
The Rector, Frank Talbott, Jr.; President Colgate W. Darden, Jr.; and Visitors Berkeley, Blanton,
Fenwick, Greear, Hartfield, Jones, Lantor, McWane, Martin, Montague, Pollock, Smith, and Wheeler.
Absent: Visitors Bryan, Coxe, and Paschall. Chancellor Grellet C. Simpson and Bursar Edgar E.
Woodward of Mary Washington College were present throughout the consideration of College matters.
President-Elect Edgar F. Shannon attended the meeting as a guest of the Board.

The minutes of the meeting of 28 February 1959, previously distributed, were approved.

RESOLUTIONS OF THE UNIVERSITY SENATE AND ITS COMMITTEE

The Rector called to the attention of the Board certain portions of the minutes of the meeting
of the University Senate of 3 March 1959. This meeting was devoted to a consideration of the
report of the Special Committee which the Senate had appointed on 27 May 1958 to assist the
Board of Visitors in its search for a successor to President Darden. The University Senate's
Special Committee, at this meeting, unanimously addressed a statement to the Board's Committee
on the Nomination of a President which reads as follows:

"The Committee elected by the University of Virginia Senate to assist the Committee of the
Board of Visitors, charged with the responsibility of nominating a successor to President Darden,
wishes to register its deep sense of appreciation for the outstanding service rendered to the
University by the Committee of the Board in its choice of Dr. Edgar Shannon as successor to
President Darden and in the attitude of cordiality and confidence manifested in its dealings
with the Senate Committee."

Following the completion of the report of the University Senate's Special Committee, the
Senate unanimously adopted the following resolution:

"WHEREAS: The Board of Visitors of the University sincerely sought the advice and
counsel of the University Senate during its search for a successor to Mr. Darden;

AND WHEREAS: The delegated Committee of the Board worked closely with the Committee
elected by the Senate in joint evaluation of all of the candidates under consideration during
the entire period leading to the final selection of Mr. Shannon;

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED: That the Senate of the University meeting on March 3, 1959,
express its warm appreciation to the Board of Visitors for its sincere and direct consideration
of the sentiments and judgments of the Faculty during its search and selection of an appropriate
successor to President Colgate W. Darden, Jr."

After expressions of gratification by individual members of the Board, the following
resolution was unanimously adopted:

RESOLVED by the Board of Visitors of The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia
that the sentiments expressed in the statement of the University Senate's Special Committee and
the resolution of the University Senate are deeply appreciated and that as a further mark of
appreciation the Secretary is hereby directed to include the statement and the resolution in
the permanent minutes of the Board.

GIFTS AND GRANTS

The President reported the following gifts and grants:

                                                                               

From an anonymous donor, a debate prize for students in economics and/ commerce	$ 150.00
From an anonymous donor, for the James Southall Wilson Fellowship for the 1959-1960 session	1,000.00
From the Hercules Powder Company, a grant-in-aid to the Department of Chemistry	2,500.00
From the American Medical Education Foundation, in support of the Medical School	11,270.03
From the Sycamore Tree Trust, to the Medical School for the Maternal Health Clinic	2,000.00
From Hoffman-LaRoche Pharmaceuticals, to be added to the Cardia Research Fund	1,000.00
From the Institute of Life Insurance, to cover the cost of a workshop in Education in Family Finance for the 1959 summer session	3,000.00
From Mr. M. B. McDavitt, to the Engineering School	100.00
From the Budd Company, an unrestricted gift	360.00
From an anonymous donor, for a scholarship to a foreign student	500.00
From the General Electric Company, to the Department of Physics, research equipment valued at	5,000.00
From the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation, to be added to the graduate fellowship fund	2,000.00
From the National Fund for Medical Education, in support of the Medical School	32,400.00
From Epsilon Sigma Alpha, to be added to the Children's Rehabilitation Center Equipment Fund	200.00
From Mr. Randall Thompson, to be added to the Stephen D. Tuttle Memorial Fund	100.00
From an anonymous donor, to be added to the Stephen D. Tuttle Memorial Fund	250.00
From the Ford Foundation, for research in the Woodrow Wilson Department of Foreign Affairs, for a period of three years	25,000.00
From sundry persons, to be added to the Edwin Morris Betts Memorial Book Fund	844.00
From the Lawyer's Title Foundation, a scholarship in the Law School	100.00
From Merck and Company, for continued research under the direction of Dr. R. T. Major, of the Department of Chemistry	10,000.00
From the Virginia Engineering Foundation, to the Engineering School	500.00
From the University Hospital Auxiliary, for the hospital	10,411.76
From the Peninsula Health Foundation, in support of research in the Medical School	10,000.00
From the Muscular Dystrophy Association, for continued research under the direction of Dr. J. H. Allan, for the period 1 September 1958 - 31 August 1959	$ 9,132.87
From the Atomic Energy Commission, to the Engineering School for the purchase of equipment to be used in Nuclear Technology training	97,905.00
From the Atomic Energy Commission, to the Engineering School for the purchase of fuel elements for nuclear research	13,482.47
From the National Science Foundation, for research under the direction of Mr. W. L. Duren, Jr., of the Department of Mathematics	7,770.00
From the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, for research under the direction of Dr. A. R. Kuhlthau	34,200.00
From the Department of the Air Force, for continued research in physics under the direction of Dr. F. L. Hereford	32,008.29
From the Department of the Air Force, for continued research under the direction of Professor G. T. Whyburn, of the Department of Mathematics	11,257.49
From the Department of the Army, for continued research under the direction of Dr. A. R. Kuhlthau	5,500.00
From the Department of the Army, for continued research in physics under the direction of Professor J. W. Beams	10,596.75
From the Department of the Navy, for continued research under the direction of Dr. A. J. Bachrach and Dr. F. W. Banghart	8,050.00
From the Department of the Navy, for continued research under the direction of Dr. A. R. Kuhlthau	15,700.00
From the United States Public Health Service, for research under the direction of the following members of the faculty:
Dr. Cecil Hougie	11,500.00
Dr. Vincent Hollander	25,300.00
Dr. Vincent Hollander	8,625.00
Dr. C. J. Frankel	2,703.00
Dr. T. H. Hunter	25,000.00

ELECTIONS

The Board adopted the following resolution:

RESOLVED by the Board of Visitors of The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia
that the following persons be and they are hereby elected to the faculty:

Mr. John Philip Raney as Acting Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering for the
session of 1959-1960, at a session salary of $7,500.

Dr. Edward H. Winter as Professor of Anthropology in the Department of Sociology, beginning
September 1959, at a session salary of $8,800.

Mr. Edward Dale Appleton Randolph as Instructor in Spanish in the Department of Romance
Languages as of September 1959, at a session salary of $5,000.

Dr. Robert Bruce Martin as Assistant Professor of Chemistry for three years, as of September
1959, at a session salary of $6,300.

Mr. Luther Yates Gore as Instructor in English in the School of Engineering, as of September
1959, at a session salary of $5,000.

Dr. Nathaniel Frizzell G. Martin as Instructor in Mathematics, as of September 1959, at a
session salary of $5,500.

Mr. Jack Richard Pingry as Instructor in Mathematics in the School of Engineering, as of
September 1959, at a session salary of $5,000.

Mr. Robert Lee Ellison as Acting Assistant Professor of Geology for the session of 1959-1960,
at a salary of $6,000 for the session.

Mr. Robert E. Scholes as Instructor in English, as of September 1959, at a session salary
of $5,000.

Mr. Robert H. West as Visiting Professor of English for the session of 1959-1960 at a
salary of $10,200. This is a replacement for Professor Jayne, who will be on leave.

Miss Alice E. Smith, Associate Director of Nursing Service at University Hospital, as
Lecturer in Nursing, at no additional compensation, as of 11 April 1959.

Miss Margaret McLaughlin, Nursing Consultant of Bureau of Public Health Nursing, Region III,
Charlottesville, as Lecturer in Nursing, at no salary from the University, effective 11 April 1959.

Miss Lola Hanson, Public Health Nursing Consultant, Region III, Charlottesville, as Lecturer
in Nursing, at no salary from the University, effective 11 April 1959.

Miss Lolla Mary Goggans, Regional Nursing Consultant, Children's Bureau, Charlottesville,
as Lecturer in Nursing, at no salary from the University, as of 11 April 1959

Miss Elsie Ho, Mental Health Nursing Consultant, Region III, Department of Health,
Education, and Welfare, Charlottesville, as Lecturer in Nursing, at no salary from the
University, effective 11 April 1959.

Miss Gladys Girton of the Bureau of Public Health Nursing of Virginia, State Department
of Health, as Lecturer in Nursing, at no salary from the University, as of 11 April 1959

Mr. William Taylor as Visiting Lecturer in Architecture for the session of 1959-1960,
at a salary of $7,000

Mr. Samuel H. Coleman as Junior Instructor in Mathematics, as of September 1959, at a
session salary of $4,500

Mr. Randolph Cabell as Instructor in the Graduate School of Business Administration, as of
1 September 1959, at a monthly salary of $300.00.

Mr. E. W. Lautenschlager as Instructor in Biology, as of September 1959, at a session
salary of $5,000

Dr. Eugene A. Foster as Assistant Professor of Pathology, effective 1 July 1959, at an
annual salary of $10,500, to be divided as follows - $7,000 from State funds and $3,500 from
departmental earnings

Dr. Grahame Frederick Thomas Wyatt Henson as Instructor in Surgery, as of 1 July 1959,
at a total annual salary of $6,000, to be divided as follows - $3,000 from departmental funds
and $3,000 from Research Grant H2038

Mr. Arthur H. Adams as Instructor in German in the Department of Germanic Languages and
Russian, as of September 1959, at a session salary of $5,000.

RESIGNATIONS

The Board adopted the following resolution

RESOLVED by the Board of Visitors of The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia
that the resignations of the following faculty members be and they are hereby accepted

Mrs. Anne P. Hemmings, Assistant Professor of Nursing, as of 13 March 1959. She is
transferring to the Nursing Service Staff of the Hospital.

Mr. Kenneth E. Lloyd, Assistant Professor of Psychology, as of September 1959

We wish for them the highest success in their new undertakings

PROMOTION

The Board adopted the following resolution

RESOLVED by the Board of Visitors of The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia
that Miss Nellie B. Carwile, Instructor in Nursing, be and she is hereby promoted to Assistant
Professor of Nursing, as of 11 April 1959.

RE-ELECTIONS

The Board adopted the following resolution

RESOLVED by the Board of Visitors of The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia
that the following faculty members be and they are hereby re-elected

Mr. John Ridout, Lecturer in Mathematics in the School of Engineering, for the session
of 1959-1960

Mr. Oliver L. Steele, Jr., Instructor in English in the School of Engineering, for the
session of 1959-1960

Dr. Carl McFarland as Professor of Law, half-time, as of September 1959, at a session
salary of $6,250. He was Visiting Professor of Law for the session of 1958-1959

Mr. Arthur B. Moss, Associate Professor of Marketing in the Graduate School of Business
Administration for five years, as of September 1960, at an annual salary of $8,500

Mr. Parker C. Griffin, Assistant Professor of Romance Languages in the Department of
Romance Languages, for three years, as of September 1959

Mr. Walter L. Heilbronner, Assistant Professor of German in the Department of Germanic
Languages and Russian, for three years, as of September 1959

Mr. William F. Battig, Assistant Professor of Psychology, for three years, as of
September 1959

Mr. Paul M. Gross, Assistant Professor of Chemistry, for three years, as of September 1959

Mr. Oscar R. Rodig, Assistant Professor of Chemistry, for three years, as of
September 1959

Mr. Paul N. Schatz, Assistant Professor of Chemistry, for three years, as of
September 1959

Mrs. Helen Gunderson Burr, Assistant Professor of Speech, for three years, as of September 1959

Mr. John W. Stewart, Assistant Professor of Physics, for three years, as of September 1959

Mr. Samuel P. Maroney, Assistant Professor of Biology, for three years, as of September 1959.

Mr. Marvin Colker, Assistant Professor of Classics, for three years, as of September 1959.

LEAVES OF ABSENCE

The Board adopted the following resolution

RESOLVED by the Board of Visitors of The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia that
the following faculty members be and they are hereby granted leave of absence

Mr. Thomas T. Hammond, Associate Professor of History, for the session of 1959-1960, without
pay, to teach at the University of Wisconsin

Dr. Otis L. Updike, Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering, for the session of 1959-1960,
without pay, to accept a National Science Faculty Fellowship to study at the California Institute
of Technology.

Dr. Sears Jayne, Associate Professor of English, for the session of 1959-1960, without pay, to
be Visiting Professor at Claremont Graduate School in California.

Mr. T. Graham Hereford, Assistant Professor of English in the School of Engineering, for the
session of 1959-1960, with one-third pay, to complete work toward the Ph.D. degree

Miss Margaret G. Tyson, Dean of the School of Nursing, from 1-14 August, without pay, for
summer school work

Mr. James M. Buchanan, Professor of Economics, for the session of 1959-1960, without pay,
to accept a Ford Foundation Research Fellowship

UNCOLLECTIBLE HOSPITAL ACCOUNTS

The Board adopted the following resolution

RESOLVED by the Board of Visitors of The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia
that the Hospital Accounts Committee be and it is hereby authorized to charge off as uncollectible
accounts Schedules 826, 829, 830, 833, 836 and 837, aggregating $68,737.95, as recommended by it,
consisting of the following

     

Bad debts, etc.	$18,474.56
Free service to Counties and Cities	50,263.39
Total	$68,737.95

NORTH APPROACH TO THE ROTUNDA

The President submitted to the Board copies of a sketch showing the plan for rearranging the
north entrance to the Rotunda between University Avenue and the new construction recently completed.
He stated that, while he would submit the plan for final approval at the June meeting of the Board,
he would like to have informal authorization from the Board to present the plan to Mr. Coxe,
Chairman of the Buildings and Grounds Committee who was unavoidably absent from the meeting, and
the Art Commission. After consideration of the sketch, the President was authorized to seek the
tentative approval of Mr. Coxe and to present the proposal to the Art Commission for its approval

COMPENSATION FOR PROFESSOR QUINCY WRIGHT

The President reported that Professor Quincy Wright, who had been previously elected as a
member of the faculty of the Woodrow Wilson Department of Foreign Affairs, had arrived in
Charlottesville and had taken over his classes on 1 November 1958. The President pointed out
further that Professor Wright's delay in arriving in Charlottesville was by agreement with the
Department of Foreign Affairs and was for the purpose of permitting him to visit universities
and international law centers in Southeast Asia and the Far East from which the University
draws students. In view of these arrangements, the President recommended that Professor Wright
be paid his salary for the month preceding 1 November

The Board adopted the following resolution

RESOLVED by the Board of Visitors of The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia
that Professor Quincy Wright of the Woodrow Wilson Department of Foreign Affairs be paid his
regular salary for the month of October 1958 in view of the fact that during that month he was
visiting institutions in Southeast Asia and the Far East at the request of the Woodrow Wilson Department
of Foreign Affairs

PROMOTION OF MR. STANLEY H. BOTTS AT CLINCH VALLEY COLLEGE

The President reported that Mr. Stanley H. Botts of the faculty of Clinch Valley College
had been recommended for promotion from Instructor to Assistant Professor of Commerce in September
1958. Because of a clerical error, Mr. Botts' proposed promotion had not been submitted to the
Board of Visitors for action. Because of another error, however, Mr. Botts has been paid the salary

of an assistant professor at Clinch Valley College since September 1958. The President
recommended that Mr. Botts receive his promotion effective retroactive to September 1958 in order
that the clerical errors which had been committed might not cause him to lose a portion of his
salary for reasons over which he had no control

The following resolution was adopted by the Board

RESOLVED by the Board of Visitors of The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia
that Mr. Stanley H. Botts be and he is hereby promoted from Instructor to Assistant Professor
of Commerce at Clinch Valley College effective 1 September 1958

NAPLES, FLORIDA PROPERTY

The President stated that certain difficulties had arisen in connection with the protection
of property owned by the University in Naples, Florida. These difficulties arose out of the
fact that the property, which is located within the city limits of Naples, was not posted and
hence the police department of the City of Naples was not authorized to prosecute trespassers.
The President had received a letter from the Chief of Police in Naples in which he stated that
if the property was posted, the police would be pleased to prosecute any trespassers found on
the property

The Board adopted the following resolution

RESOLVED by the Board of Visitors of The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia
that the President be and he is hereby authorized to post the property of the University owned
in Naples, Florida and to inform the Chief of Police of Naples that the property is posted and
that he has authority to prosecute any trespassers found on the property.

STUDENT OPERATION OF MOTOR VEHICLES

The President presented to the Board copies of proposed changes in the regulations
governing student eligibility for the operation of motor vehicles. These proposals were designed
as amendments to the regulations which the Board had adopted at its meeting on 14 June 1958. The
President pointed out that the regulations had been originally presented to him by the Committee
on Undergraduates and that they had been revised in cooperation with the Dean of the University
and the Student Council. He concluded by stating that the regulations as submitted bore his
approval and that of the Dean of the University and the Student Council

After considerable discussion, the Board adopted the following resolution

RESOLVED by the Board of Visitors of The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia
that the changes in the regulations governing student eligibility for the operation of motor
vehicles, proposed jointly by the President, the Dean of the University, and the Student
Council, be and they are hereby adopted as set forth below

With certain exceptions, hereinafter set forth, the following are recommended to become
effective with the entering class of 1958-1959. These regulations apply to the regular academic
session, including all special occasions, and are intended to remain in effect until the Spring
of 1963, at which time they may be reviewed

1. No first-year student in the undergraduate schools of the University shall be permitted
to maintain or operate a motor vehicle at any time except as indicated in paragraph 5.

2. No student in the undergraduate schools of the University in the first semester of his
second year may maintain or operate a motor vehicle unless he has at least a 3.00 grade-point
average for the preceding semester of his residence in the University. No student in the
undergraduate schools of the University in the second semester of his second year may maintain or
operate a motor vehicle unless he has at least a 2.80 grade-point average for the preceding
semester of his residence in the University

3. No student in the undergraduate schools of the University in the first or second
semester of his third year may maintain or operate a motor vehicle unless he has at least a
2.50 grade-point average for the preceding semester of his residence in the University

4. No student in the undergraduate schools of the University in the first or second semester
of his fourth year may maintain or operate a motor vehicle unless he has at least a 2.20 grade-point
average for the preceding semester of his residence in the University.

5. A first-year man may operate a motor vehicle at Midwinters and Easters provided he had
a 2.50 average for the first semester. All other undergraduates may operate a motor vehicle
at Openings, Midwinters and Easters provided they have a 2.00 grade-point average for the
preceding semester

6. No undergraduate student on probation or warning of any kind shall be permitted to
maintain or operate a motor vehicle at any time.

7. To determine eligibility to operate a motor vehicle, all transfer students will be
considered as first-year students for the first semester of their residence. Their grades during
that semester and the number of semester-hours that they transfer and earn here will determine
their eligibility to operate a motor vehicle during their second semester of residence

8. The Deans of the undergraduate schools of the University will determine the criteria
for the classification of students above the first year of residence

9. Exceptions to these recommendations above shall be made for due cause, such as
physical disability, essential domestic use, occupational need, or distance of residence from
the University. As in the past, the Dean of the University shall be empowered to make exceptions
at his discretion

STUDENT DOMICILE FOR TUITION PURPOSES

General Montague, Chairman of the special committee appointed by the Rector at the meeting of
the Board on 14 February 1959 to consider proposed changes in the regulations governing the
determination of student domicile for tuition purposes, reported to the Board on behalf of himself
and his fellow committee members, Visitors Fenwick and Greear. The committee proposed the deletion
of the second paragraph of the regulations adopted by the Board at its meeting on 10 September 1954.

The following resolution was adopted by the Board

RESOLVED by the Board of Visitors of The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia
that the rules governing the determination of student domicile for tuition purposes as adopted
on 10 September 1954 be and they are hereby amended to read as follows

In order to be considered a Virginia student for any given semester, it is necessary that
the applicant shall have been domiciled in the State of Virginia for at least one year immediately
preceding the beginning of that semester, and the applicant or his parents must have been bona
fide taxpayers to the State of Virginia for the calendar year immediately preceding the calendar
year of registration.

Residence in the State for the purpose of securing an education does not qualify an individual
for classification as a Virginia student

EXTENSION OF CONTRACT OF FOOTBALL COACH

The President reported that the Athletics Committee, to which had been referred with power to
act a proposal at the meeting on 14 February 1959 that the contract of Mr. Richard Voris as Head
Football Coach be extended for an additional year until February 1962 with no change in salary, had
approved the proposal

REDUCTION IN PRICE OF FOOTBALL TICKETS FOR CERTAIN PURPOSES

The President called to the attention of the Board the action taken at the meeting on 14 February
1959 in referring to the Athletics Committee the proposal of the Department of Athletics that each
member of the teaching and administrative staff of the University be permitted to buy two season
football tickets at one-half the regular price. This proposal, which the Board had referred to
the Athletics Committee with power to take final action, had received the unanimous approval of
the Athletics Committee

MARY WASHINGTON COLLEGE MATTERS

The Chancellor presented the proposed biennial budget for Mary Washington College for 1960-1962
which he stated had received the approval of the Mary Washington College Committee at its meeting
on the previous evening

After discussion, the Board adopted the following resolution

RESOLVED by the Board of Visitors of The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia
that the proposed biennial budget for Mary Washington College of the University of Virginia for
the biennium beginning on 1 July 1960 and ending on 30 June 1962, as laid before the Board and
as previously approved by the Mary Washington College Committee, be and it is hereby approved

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On motion the meeting was then adjourned.